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  1. tarnalberry
    Oh, I see you're in WA. If you're near Seattle, you can head over to Theo (it's in Fremont) and do a factory tour (free public tours, paid group tours w/ 10 person minimum). It's awesome, with lots of tasting.
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    sweet rice flour (available... almost everwhere!, usually in the asian section) also works very well for a smooth thickening. other rice flours work, but I don't like what they do to the texture. potato (the starch or flour - I forget which is the right one, and which is right out) also works great to thicken stew!
  3. tarnalberry
    as mtndog mentioned, you might try white tea - it has higher levels of polyphenols than green tea (which has higher levels than black). but if black is what you (and your body) likes... well, it sounds like a match.
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    Yeah, when I found out I had to be gluten free - about three months before Thanksgiving, as I recall, I just asked my mother-in-law (we have Thanksgiving with them), "Can I just cook the whole thing? I love your cooking, and I know you are very ingredient aware, but... well, I'm paranoid about getting contaminated?" I've cooked for them in the past, so...
  5. tarnalberry
    Open Original Shared Link (Seattle) Open Original Shared Link (Paris) Open Original Shared Link (France) Open Original Shared Link (French) Open Original Shared Link (Italy) They're all *good* chocolates, so they aren't cheap. But I cannot FATHOM eating a whole 2-3oz dark chocolate "bar" in one sitting. One of those things will last me about...
  6. tarnalberry
    Congratulations! You *will* get the hang of it. It might be a "bigger project" for you right now, but you'll get there. Depending on what you're stomach will let you eat, start with whole, naturally gluten free foods - fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy (if you can have it), nuts/seeds, and gluten-free grains like rice/corn/buckwheat/quinoa. ...
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    I would do nothing more than say "If you cook the stuffing inside the turkey, I will not be able to eat it; the risk of contamination is too high. Please tell me if I need to bring my own turkey." And then bring your own if she wants to not change her ways. You can't control what other people do - only you're reaction to it. (That really goes a *LONG...
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    I gotta say, if you're not experiencing symptoms while gluten free.... I'm not sure why your brother would think you have cancer. It's not like the gluten free diet cures cancer! (Well, I understand - with his past experience, it's a fear, and he's worried about you. It's just an unfounded fear, I would think. But, I am not a doctor. ) And with not...
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    dehydration can cause those symptoms too. with the additional information in this most recent post... blood sugar and/or blood pressure issues seem pretty likely. maybe you can make a lesson plan with the kids that includes cooking/shopping? there's some creative problem solving involved in the diet, and maybe that can both help and learn from it? (especially...
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    do you know how it was decaffeinated? my dad used to have problems with regular decaf coffee - something to do with the processing. there was one brand he could have, because it was processed differently. have you tried regular, non-decaffeinated tea? (white tea, for instance, is the same plant, and has a third of the caffeine that green tea has (which...
  11. tarnalberry
    First thing that comes to mind is a atypical migraine. You don't have to have blinding, debilitating pain for it to be a migraine. Second thing that comes to mind is low blood pressure - of course, this just means low for you, not necessarily "text book" low. Third, though unlikely, is mini-strokes. Don't freak out; I'm no doctor, and it almost certainly...
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    As far as I understand it, at least part of the reason is simply because the body is not getting enough nutrients. If there isn't a reasonably good environment for the body to sustain a pregnancy, it won't. (I haven't seen any actual studies that investigate, if a woman is ovulating, that she has a lower chance of *conceiving* if an untreated celiac. As...
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    nope, going gluten free didn't change my hypoglycemia. Keep your meals well balanced (I aimed for each meal to be close to 30% fat, 30% protein, 40% carbs, but 25%/25%/50% works fine too), and you'll find you can go longer and won't have as severe crashes. Keep food with you. And *plan* on eating every four or five hours (if you can go that long, 2 or...
  14. tarnalberry
    you could also pick up a package of ryvita crackers (get a variety that just has rye flour - they have a range, some have other things) and have those (with cheese if you know you can do dairy).
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    no offense was meant, really. we've had some teenagers on here in that situation before, and your post said insisting and then went on to imply that you were going to be doing this because of that. I'm sorry my response go you all flustered - it apparently didn't even apply to you, so was imminently ignorable. if you're 27, they can't make you do a thing...
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    were you drinking *pure* green tea? was it flavored? did you add milk/sugar/etc.? do you drink anything else that contains caffeine? are you bothered by other teas (black, white, herbal, rooibos)? it's certainly possible to be sensitive to tea - particularly true tea (camelia sinensis) or herbal teas (though usually not *all* pure herbal teas), but...
  17. tarnalberry
    I'm assuming that you're under 18 if you're saying that your parents are making you get tested. (Otherwise, they can't make you!) I'd ask them "why do you want me to feel bad?" When they say they don't believe you have it and want proof, suggest that they record your symptoms when you go back on gluten - every morning, have one of your parents right down...
  18. tarnalberry
    After being gluten free for 4 months, you can't run a blood test to find celiac. You have to be eating gluten for a while (3 slices of bread a day for 3 months).
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    Doctors (and, it seems, some nutritionists) have this strange fear of putting people on a "restricted" diet. "Oh, it's too hard, don't even try." If I didn't tell myself that to get through quantum mechanics (or pick your difficult subject in school), why the heck would I say that for a diet? "Oh, but you have to change so much!" Like change is some super...
  20. tarnalberry
    Chao Thai also contains sodium caseinate, so it is NOT casein free. But, I also have yet to find a coconut milk powder that doesn't have this ingredient. What I've found, however, is that even if you're casein intolerant, you may be able to tolerate it in the tiny amounts that are in an ingredient found in small amounts. Casein intolerance (except in...
  21. tarnalberry
    I have found ... nothing I can think of, actually, that had gluten in it but it wasn't listed in the ingredients. Of course, it depends on how thoroughly you read ingredients, what any given countries regulations are, and if you have any other sensitivities.
  22. tarnalberry
    pumpkin, banana, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, milk sub (usually almond milk), and ice.
  23. tarnalberry
    Never really had that problem...
  24. tarnalberry
    If she had an ear infection, and is on antibiotics, there's no way to separate the infection or treatment from gluten as a possible cause, unless she came down with the headache and it stayed around for a while *before* either came up. And, since ear infections can go unnoticed for a while, I'd say even that would be really hard to determine.
  25. tarnalberry
    If you really want to say anything more, I'd say "Good news, staying gluten free has made me feel so much better." But the idea of not saying anything else is also a good one. I've had coworkers not understand about cross contamination, as in, they'll ask "you can't even have a little?". (They ask in a nice way, because they are genuinely confused and...
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